- Andy Scott
Robert Andrew "Andy" Keith Scott, PC, MP (born March 16, 1955) is a Liberal Member of the Canadian Parliament representing Fredericton, New Brunswick. He was a member the Cabinet of Canada, most recently serving as the eighteenth Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2004-2006). In the late 1980s he was a senior civil servant with the provincial Liberal government of Frank McKenna. He ran for in the 1993 federal election, and won convincingly, … - Matt Stairs
Matthew Wade Stairs (born February 27, 1968 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) is a professional baseball player who plays for The Toronto Blue Jays. He has a wife, Lisa Stairs, and three daughters, Nicole, Alicia and Chandler. In the off-season, he calls Bangor, Maine his home while coaching hockey for John Bapst High School, a private high school located in the center of Bangor. - Willie O'Ree
Willie O'Ree (born October 15, 1935, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player, known best as the first black player in the National Hockey League. He played as a winger for the Boston Bruins. He is frequently but erroneously referred to as the first African-American player, though he is in fact African-Canadian. - Brad Woodside
Bradley (Brad) Stanford Woodside (born 1946) is currently the mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick He is married to the former Anne Elizabeth Sneyd and they have two children. He had 3 children from previous relationships. First elected in 1981 and 1983 and served as councillor and Deputy Mayor. In 1986, Brad Woodside was elected Mayor of Fredericton and is now serving his sixth term. - Charles Leblanc
Charles Leblanc is a blogger from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada who writes about political issues, most notably the issue of ADHD. In the Fall of 2006, Leblanc was acquitted of obstruction of justice while trying to report on the Atlantica Conference in Saint John. Charles reports on a wide variety of issues. He writes frequently about the Irving companies who control the vast majority of English printed media in New Brunswick. - T. J. Burke
Thomas Jack "T.J." Burke BA LLB QC (born Los Angeles, California in 1972) is a New Brunswick lawyer and politician. Of Maliseet ancestry, Burke was the first Aboriginal elected to a legislature anywhere in Atlantic Canada. He is currently the Attorney General of New Brunswick. Burke's family returned to Canada in 1978, and he was raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick. - Measha Brueggergosman
Measha Brueggergosman (born Measha Gosman on June 28, 1977 at Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian soprano who performs both as a concert artist and opera singer. - Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer is a Canadian social activist and politician, and is the outgoing leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. She has been particularly active in areas of lesbian and gay rights and access to abortion. - Alden Nowlan
Alden Nowlan (January 25, 1933 - June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist. Born in Stanley, Nova Scotia, Nowlan eventually settled in New Brunswick, where he earned his living primarily through journalism. In 1963, he married Claudine Orser, a typesetter on his former paper, "The Observer", and moved to Saint John with her and her son, John, whom he legally adopted. - Alexander Gibson
Alexander "Boss" Gibson (1819-1913) was an industrialist in New Brunswick, Canada. In 1862, Gibson bought a sawmill and forest land in the Fredericton area. He was then instrumental in building two railway lines, the New Brunswick Railway and the Canada Eastern Railway in order to ship goods from his mills to other markets. In 1883, a cotton mill was constructed at Marysville, a town which he founded and named after his wife. - Danny Grant
Daniel "Danny" Grant (born February 21, 1945 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) is a retired Canadian ice hockey right winger, who played in the National Hockey League for parts of fourteen seasons. After a fine junior career with the Peterborough Petes and a season and a half in the minor leagues with the Houston Apollos, Grant made the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens in 1968, playing 22 games and seeing limited action. - Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman, FRSC (April 15 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. He was born William Bliss Carman in Fredericton, in the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick. He published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. As with many Canadian poets, nature figures prominently as a theme in his work. In his time, he was arguably Canada's best known poet, … - Andrea Kelly
Andrea Kelly (born July 31, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Kelly skipped Team New Brunswick in both the 2002 and 2004 Canadian Junior Curling Championships before winning the tournament in 2005. At the World Junior Curling Championships that year, she skipped Team Canada to a bronze medal. In 2006 she was still eligible for Juniors, however she lost in her provincial championships. However, she entered her provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts, … - John Ralston
John Ralston (born 1964) is a Canadian actor. Most notable are Ralston's roles as Derek, Edwin, and Marti's father, George Venturi, on "Life with Derek" and as Mr. Avenir on "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High". Although John Ralston was born in Chatham, Ontario, he grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick. He became interested in acting while going after a diploma in jazz studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. - Bud Bird
John Williston (Bud) Bird, PC, OC (born March 22, 1932) is the former mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick, and conservative Member of Parliament, who served as Minister of Natural Resources in the Mulroney government. Bird was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001. - Charles G.D. Roberts
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG, FRSC, BA (January 10 1860 - November 26 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the "Confederation poets". His brother Theodore Goodridge Roberts also became an author, as did his sister, Jane Elizabeth Gostwycke Roberts. Charles was born in Douglas, New Brunswick in 1860, … - M. Travis Lane
Millicent Travis Lane (née Travis is an American-Canadian poet. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College, and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Cornell University. She was married to Lauriat Lane Jr. (d. 2005), Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. The couple emigrated to Canada in 1960 and in 1973 attained Canadian citizenship. - Keith Ashfield
Keith Ashfield (born March 28, 1952 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick politician. Ashfield was a school trustee for a number of years and was first a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1991 election. A Progressive Conservative, Ashfield placed third in 1991 with Confederation of Regions candidate Max White being victorious. Ashfield was again a candidate in 1999 and was successful, … - Mary Pratt
Mary Frances Pratt (born 15 March 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian painter specializing in still life paintings. She attended Mount Allison University, graduating in 1961. She met her future husband, the artist Christopher Pratt, at Mount Allison. After the marriage, she moved with him to Newfoundland. Her first solo exhibition was held at the Memorial University Art Gallery in St. John's in 1967. In 1996, she was named Companion of the Order of Canada. - Philip Iverson
Philip Iverson BFA (26 January 1965 - 13 August 2006) was a Canadian expressionist painter who gained national attention for his artistry. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick and graduated from Mount Allison University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1990. In addition to his painting, he was an art instructor at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design and after his move to Montreal in 2001, he taught at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. - Stanton T. Friedman
Stanton Terry Friedman (July 29, 1934) is an American physicist and ufologist, currently residing in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Friedman has written books on the UFO phenomenon and was the first civilian investigator of the Roswell UFO incident. Since 1967, he has spoken about UFOs at more than 600 colleges and universities and more than 100 professional groups in the USA, Canada, and 16 other countries. - Mike Allen
Michael Allen, better known as Mike Allen is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac in the Canadian House of Commons in the federal election of January 2006. Allen comes from a very politically active family. His father, Ed Allen, was a long time member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick where he served in the cabinet of Richard Hatfield. - Raymond Fraser
Raymond Fraser (born May 8, 1941) is a Canadian novelist, biographer and poet. Born in Chatham New Brunswick, Fraser attended St Thomas University where in his freshman year he played on the varsity hockey and football teams, and in his junior year was co-editor with John Brebner of the student literary magazine "Tom-Tom". - Nancy Bauer
Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is an American female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines. Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1956. She moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965. From 1967 until 1983, Bauer was the publisher of 25 New Brunswick Chapbooks. - Joe Medjuck
Joseph Medjuck (born February 17, 1943 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian-born film producer in Hollywood. He is a graduate of McGill University, and the University of Toronto where he also taught for twelve years. At the request of friend and fellow Canadian Ivan Reitman, he moved to Los Angeles in 1981 to work as associate producer on the film "Stripes". In 1986, he served as executive producer for the first time on "Legal Eagles", … - Mary Matilda Winslow
Mary Matilda Winslow, sometimes referred to as Mary Matilda Winslow McAlpine (MacAlpine) or Tillie Winslow, was the first Black Canadian female graduate of the University of New Brunswick. She graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in Classics in 1905, ranking at the top of her class. She later married and divorced Francis P. MacAlpine, who was from Alabama. - Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook
William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (May 25, 1879 - June 9, 1964) was a Canadian - British business tycoon and politician. - Mark Anthony Jarman
Mark Anthony Jarman (born 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian fiction writer. He graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is currently a faculty member of the English department at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Previously, he has taught at the University of Victoria. Jarman has been a finalist for various literary prizes including the Journey Prize. - Sarah Forbes
Sarah Forbes is an Canadian field hockey international playing in goal and has over hundred caps. Forbes is 5 ft 4 in tall and weighs 155 lb. Born on 11 January 1973 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick and plays for Hurricanes a field hockey club in Toronto. She is a paramedic for Toronto EMS as well as Assistant Coach for York University field hockey team. - Chris Renaud
Chris Renaud (born August 29, 1976 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. His highlights include setting a world record in the short course 50m Backstroke in 1997, and several Canadian titles. He is an alumnus of Bishop Carroll High School. Renaud was the first Canadian to break the two minute barrier in the 200m Backstroke, … - John Fox
John Fox (June 30, 1835 - January 17, 1914) was a nineteenth century politician, mechanic and merchant from New York. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Fox immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1840, settling in New York City, New York. He attended public schools as a child, engaged in mechanical pursuits and was employed as a master block maker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1857. - Bill Gaston
Bill Gaston (born 1953) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. Gaston grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto, Ontario, and North Vancouver, British Columbia. His story collection "Mount Appetite" (2002) was nominated for the 2002 Giller Prize and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Gaston received a second Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize nomination for his novel "Sointula" (2004). He was the recipient of the inaugural Timothy Findley Award in 2003. - David McCurdy Baird
David McCurdy Baird, O.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.C. (born 1920) is a Canadian geologist, photographer, and academic. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Baird received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1941 from the University of New Brunswick, a Master of Science degree in 1943 from the University of Rochester, and a Ph.D. in 1947 from McGill University. Baird held many university teaching positions including the University of Rochester (1941 to 1943), … - Charles Frederick Hartt
Charles Frederick Hartt (23 August 1840 in Fredericton, New Brunswick - 18 March 1878) was an Canadian-American geologist, paleontologist and naturalist who specialized in the geology of Brazil. In 1860, Hartt started to work as an assistant to Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. In 1865 he accompanied Agassiz to Brazil in the so-called Thayer Expedition, … - Loring Woart Bailey
Loring Woart Bailey, (28 September 1839 - 10 January 1925), was born at West Point, New York, the son of a professor at the academy. He received a good education which was reinforced at home through interaction with his father and other academics. He studied at both Harvard University and Brown University and became a professor of chemistry and natural sciences at the University of New Brunswick. - Herb Curtis
Herb Curtis (born 1949) is a Canadian novelist and humourist who writes about and has long lived in New Brunswick. His novel "The Last Tasmanian" won the 1992 Thomas Head Raddall Award. He currently resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick. - Bill Bauer
William Bauer is a USA-born poet who immigrated with his wife, Nancy Bauer, to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965. - Patrick Lynch
Pat Lynch is the Conservative candidate for the Federal Riding of Fredericton, New Brunswick. He ran in Fredericton for the Canadian federal election, 2006, in which he received 35% of the vote in a five way contest. In 2003, he was a recipient of the Governor General's merit award for an act of bravery in providing assistance to others. He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick. - Booth Savage
Booth Savage (b. May 21, 19?? in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian film actor. He is in the Humber College Theatre program faculty. - John Douglas Hazen
Sir John Douglas Hazen, PC (June 5, 1860 - December 27, 1937) was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. Hazen entered politics in 1885 when he was elected as an alderman in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He became mayor in 1888. Hazen was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the 1891 federal election. He lost his seat in the 1896 election that defeated the Conservatives and brought Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals to power.
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